Effectiveness of Planned Teaching about Knowledge Regarding Breast Self-examination for Detecting Clinical Abnormalities amongWomen in Selected Rural Area

Abstract

Background:Early diagnosis of breast cancer is of extreme significance in improving the survival rates and quality of life, especially in low-income countries. Although awareness about breast cancer has long been advocated across the world, unfortunately studies have revealed that a major proportion of women are still not breast aware. As discussed earlier, techniques such as breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography have been advocated for bringing about a marked reduction in breast-cancer-associated morbidity and mortality. Objective: (a) To assess the knowledge regarding BSE for detecting clinical abnormalities among women before planned teaching. (b) To evaluate the knowledge regarding BSE for detecting clinical abnormalities among women after planned teaching. (c) To find out the association between the pre-test level of knowledge regarding BSE for detecting clinical abnormalities with their selected demographic variables.Material and method: The study was conducted in selected rural area. Quantitative research approach was used in this study. 100women(aged between 20 and 80 years)from rural area were selected for the study. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data. Result:It is observed from post-test that 14 (14%) subjects had poor knowledge, 74 (74%) subjects had average level of knowledge and 12 (12%) had good level of knowledge.Conclusion:After detailed analysis, it was found that a significant difference was found in knowledge.